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Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 07-JUL-05 		Format: Online - approximately 834 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The Personal Visiting Physician(TM) Delivery System From Care Level Management Direct Awarded 3-Year Medicare Pilot Project for Beneficiaries in Three States

New System of Care Offers a Solution to America's Public Health Crisis; Improving Quality of Care, Reducing Costs

LOS ANGELES, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Care Level Management Direct (CLM) a groundbreaking contract to provide round-the-clock access to in-home physician care to 15,000 members in California, Texas and Florida during a three-year pilot project. CLM's Personal Visiting Physician(TM) delivery system is projected to increase access and care to chronically-ill elderly beneficiaries and provide savings to Medicare. This pilot will be performed at no additional cost beyond patients' traditional fee-for-service Medicare benefits. All...

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